The Louisiana highway department will open the bidding process next month to build the next leg of Interstate 49 between Louisiana Highway 1 and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

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Michele Marcotte

Next month, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) will open the bidding process to build the leg between Louisiana Highway 1 and Shreveport's Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Construction would follow in early 2013.

Since the state broke ground on the $631 million project in 2006, businesses and residents near the planned 36-mile corridor have anticipated the economic growth it is expected to bring. ...